African Youth Day aims to encourage innovation and creativity among young people, and to strengthen youth participation in economic, social and political development of their countries.
You can read this on the Africa Alliance website: www.africaymca.org
The African Youth Charter serves as a reference document for African youth and highlights the need for young people to assert their rights and fulfil their responsibilities in the development of the African continent.
The Charter entered into force in August, following the deposit of the 15th instrument of ratification by member states.
The challenge now lies in the implementation of the Charter in member States and, of great importance, the central involvement of youth in the implementation, according to Dr. Raymonde Agossou, Head of the Youth Division in the AU Commission
“Participants at the Africa YMCA Youth Summit are developing action plans on advocacy around implementing the Charter at country level, to ensure that it is used across Africa to tangibly improve the lives of youth and their active participation in issues that affect them,” said Mr Sanvee.
Participants celebrated African Youth Day with cultural celebrations in the morning and site visits to YMCA and YMCA projects in the afternoon.
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